We’ve talked on a few occasions about how important it is for us to say thank you to our fundraisers, and the problems that can be encountered when something goes wrong in the process. Saying thank you is, I cannot overstate, one of the most important things that we do. So to begin with, there’s the good old thank you letter, which we try and personalise as far as we… read more »

*clears throat* GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! To all our runners in the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon and Great Scottish Run 10k in Glasgow on Sunday, to all our runners, joggers, walkers & dogs in the Fun Run & Sponsored Walk at Holyrood Park on Sunday, to our lads and lassies from Gobi United who are starting off on their journey to Mongolia to trek the Gobi Desert, a massive GOOD… read more »

Here at MND Towers (more of an office block but towers sounds better, eh?) we’re fairly fond of online sponsorship pages.   A year ago we would’ve told you that “an increasing number of our fundraisers are using online sponsorship pages such as JustGiving” – but now it’s pretty much the norm.  Our highest-achieving (in financial terms) fundraisers – such as Ewan Jack http://www.justgiving.com/ewan-jack, or Andy Duggan & the Coast to… read more »

There are actually two Firewalk blog posts I want to write today. The first is a happy cheery photo-&-video-laden piece about the events at Pittodrie Stadium last Friday, and the Mint Hotel on Saturday.  (not the other way round, which I kept saying, much to everyone’s confusion, including my own.)  The second is one that started writing itself in my head on Saturday night when we were talking to everyone… read more »

If you’ve been into a branch of the Dunfermline Building Society recently then you may have seen some of our branding, or badges, or leaflets, or tshirts, or some very tired cyclists…. because of something called the D2D Challenge – The Derbyshire to Dunfermline Cycle Challenge, which is taking place in April of this year.  (Next month! How did it get to be March already, seriously…) The staff and customers… read more »

Well hello, good afternoon, happy Valentine’s day! As you’ll remember, we ended up on the shortlist for Most Creative Charity at the JustGiving Awards 2011. So, a very early Thursday morning start last week saw us on a flight to London.  For a small Scottish charity, heading down to London isn’t something we can do too often, it’s just too expensive.  (Please take note, fundraising training providers of the UK! … read more »

As we’ve blogged about a wee while ago, one of our supporters, the very lovely Scott MacDonald got in contact with us a while back.  His mum has MND, and as a musician he was keen to do something to do some fundraising… so last night was the Young at Heart MND Fundraiser, at the O2 ABC2 in Glasgow. Photo by Iain McLean – www.iainmclean.com Scott’s one of these people that knows… read more »

The women of the Perth Branch with our Chief Executive Craig Stockton, at the farewell lunch. After a long and successful history, the women of the Perth Branch, as shown in the above picture decided that it was time to retire the branch.  They’ve worked incredibly hard over the years, so this week we wanted to take a bit of time to say thank you. Set up in 1989 by… read more »

So, on Monday we told you about how we’d been shortlisted for JustGiving’s “Most Creative Charity” Award 2011… …well… …we’ve been chosen as finalists! *dances around office in over-caffeinated fashion* Yeay! So thank you to everyone who kept their fingers crossed for us…(and please do keep them crossed if at all possible) and thank you to the judges for their decision!  Well done to all the other shortlisted charities and… read more »

If you follow us on twitter (@mndscotland) or like us on facebook you may have already seen this but we’re so damn proud that we thought it was worth repeating here… We’ve been shortlisted for a JustGiving award!   Huzzah! Image from http://www.justgivingawards.com/index.php   The JustGiving awards are a way for JustGiving to “celebrate the amazing achievements of the JustGiving community over the past year. They’re our way of recognising the… read more »